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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 19, 201211 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this fire weather watch at May 19, 2012, 9:42 PM EDT for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 20, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 102 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2012, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2012, 1:42 PM EDT
In force: 102 min
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at May 19, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 1:42 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	APX	Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda and 1 more	8 hr
May 20, 4:52 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		7 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.